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COLOUR DECORATION OF
ARCHITECTURE

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COLOUR DECORATION OF
ARCHITECTURE

TREATING ON COLOUR AND DECORATION OF THE INTERIORS
AND EXTERIORS OF BUILDINGS. WITH
HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE ART AND
PRACTICE OF COLOUR DECORATION
IN ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY
AND ENGLAND. FOR THE
USE OF DECORATORS
AND STUDENTS


BY

JAMES WARD

AUTHOR OF “PRINCIPLES OF ORNAMENT,” “HISTORIC ORNAMENT,” “COLOUR HARMONY
AND CONTRAST,” “PROGRESSIVE DESIGN,” “FRESCO PAINTING,” ETC.


WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND
TWENTY-TWO IN HALF-TONE


NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE
1914
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Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E.,
AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
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PREFACE

This book is written with the view that it may be of practical serviceto the decorator, student and craftsman, who may be engaged in thepractice and art of colour decoration, as applied to the interiors andexteriors of public buildings, churches, and private dwellings. I trustalso it will be of some value to all who take an interest in thedecoration of their own houses. The people of our own countries havebeen so unaccustomed to coloured buildings for the last three or fourhundred years that a strong prejudice against the use of colour inarchitecture has been developed and is maintained even at the presentday. Though we may all love colour, there are very few amongst us whohave the courage to advocate its use in the decoration of buildings. Wevisit Italy, France, Germany, and the East, and admire the many andbeautifully decorated churches, palaces, city halls and other public andprivate buildings, but the lessons we may have learned are lost to us,f

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